97456 Monroe, OR is a small city located in the Willamette Valley region of Oregon. It is a place that values its peaceful nature and close knit community. The city has distinguished itself by having a strong sense of local politics and involvement from its citizens. The city is governed by a mayor, four council members, and seven commissioners who are all elected by local voters every four years. Issues such as public safety, zoning ordinances, economic development, and budgeting are all discussed at great length in the town's public meetings to ensure that decisions are being made with the best interests of the citizens in mind. Citizens have also shown an active interest in supporting various local causes and initiatives which make Monroe an excellent example of how politics can be used to create positive change within a community.
The political climate in Zip 97456 (Monroe, OR) is moderately liberal.
Benton County, OR is very liberal. In Benton County, OR 67.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.9% to 28.2%.
Benton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 97456 (Monroe, OR) is moderately liberal.
Monroe, Oregon is moderately liberal.
Benton County, Oregon is very liberal.
Corvallis Metro Area is very liberal.
Oregon is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Monroe, Oregon: d D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 97456 (Monroe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $2,312 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $2,681 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)